Knockdown hogshead



Oct. 18, 1932. w; FOREMAN 1,883,670

KNOCKDOWN HOGSHEAD Filed Sept. 8, 1931 20 the inspection m rough usage in handling, as

0 more clearly Patented 06.18 1932 umrso stares PATENT oFFica WILLIAM BLADES FOBEMAN, 0F ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA KNOOKDOWN HOGSHEAD Application filed September 8, 1981. Serial No. 561,?95.

I In shippin tobacco it is usually packed in hogshea commonly constructed of staves, heads and hoops in a well known manner. In the tobacco markets it becomes necessary to inspect the contents of these p m replacement of such staves or repair of the hogshead or package after inspection is a matter of considerable trouble, labor and consequent expense. Moreover, such contalners so constructed are usually not fit for ,5 subsequent or reuse.

The object of my said invention is to provide a ho shead or container for the shipment of to acco which shall be of a constructlon that can be uickly and easily opened for its contents, can be quickly hooked-down for storage or packing for return for re-use, and which at thesame time will be of much less weight than the usual hogshead and thus easier of handling and its use resulting in a saving of freight.

A further object is to provide such a hogs.- head that can be quickly and easily repaired when 1t may become punctured or have a break in the side thereof resulting from in the freight yards and warehouses, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, WhlCh is made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hogshead of my improved construction having a portion of the head broken away to illustrate the construction and arrangement of the parts,

Figure 2, a similar view showing the un-' derside or bottom of the hogshead with a portion of the bottom broken away to show the interior along the line of one of the joints,

Figure 3, a cross-section on the dotted line 33 in Figure 1,

Figure 4, a View in elevation showing one portion of a side of the hogshead as it ap- 50 pears after it has been broken and repaired,

Figure 5, a sectional view on the dotted line 55 of Figure 4, and

Figure 6, an mside view of one of the sections of the hogshead.

The hogshead is made of panels of ply wood, these panels being shown as of threeply structure and each panel being of a length equal to the height of the hogshead to -be constructed and of a width slightly more than one-half of the circumference of said hogshead, to provide for lap-joints at their edges.

In the drawing the numeral indicates one of the panels, which are preferably duplicates, from which the hogshead is constructed. Along its lower edge are secured by nails or any other appropriate means a series of short cleats 11 upon which the bottom 16 of the hogshead rest-s when the parts are assembled. Along one edge are similarly secured a series of clips 12 having overhangin lips under which the edge of the other pane will lit and be retained. Another series of clips 13 are secured near the upper edge of each panel upon which the head of the hogsheaol rests when in place. I p

In assembling the h'ogshead the panels (preferably two in number) are bent into the form of semi-circles and the edge of one is slipped within the edge of the other on which the cli s 12 are secured and said edge inserted beneat the projecting lips on said clips. Preferably-the edge of the panel which is inserted in said clips on one side of the hogshead bears the clips on its inner face within which the edge of the other panel is inserted asmost clearly indicated in Figures 1 and 2. Hoops 14 preferably of wire, are placed around the assembled the wire twisted together (as at 15'.) to tighten the joints and to form a compact and well supported structure. The bottom 16 of the hogshead is put in place resting upon the cleats 11 as the panels are bent to form around it and thus serves to define the size of the bottom of the hogshead. The wire hoops 14 are forced into place to firmly clamp the panels not only to the bottom but to clamp their edges together within the clips 12. After the hogshead has been filled with tobacco the head 17 parts and the ends of isput in place in the upper end thereof with its edges resting upon t e cleats 13 just beneath the upper edge of each panel. A hoop or liner is then secured in place inside-the to bottom. After inspection the joint opened clearly up can be closed and the wire hoops again twisted to bind the parts tightly together and restore the package to perfect and complete form and condition. This can be done in a very few minutes and with comparatively little trouble or labor. After the hogshead has been emptied of its contents the panels and heads may be nested and readily packed for return to the shipper and the hogshead thus be used repeatedly and the cost of a new hogshcad for each shipment saved.

In the rough handling to which such packages are subjected occasionally one of the sides becomes punctured through contact with some obstruction and the contents exposed to the weather. With my package it is an easy matter to trim out such a hole to regular proportions as indicated in Figure 4, slide a piece of ply-wood 18 through the hole between the inner face of the panel and the contents until the lower end of the repair piece 18 will slip inside the hole when with a sharp tool the whole repair piece can he slid down and then secured in place by wire clips, as 19, most shown in Figure 5. In this way the punctured panel is restored and made substantially as good as new.

While I have described this hogshead as a tobacco hogshead for which it is primarily designed, it will be understood, of course, that it may be used in the shipment of any product for which it may be found especially adapted.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes maybe made in my device without departin from the spirit of the invention and I there ore do not limit myself to what is'shown in the drawing and described in the specification but only as indicated by the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: Y

1. A knock-down hogsbead comprising a. pair of normally thin, flexible panels and solid disk heads, said anels being bent to encircle said heads wit their adjacent edges overlapping, clips secured along one inner edge of each panel adapted to receive the edge of the other panel, and bandsfor retaining said panels and heads in position, substantially as set forth.

2. A knock-down hogshead composed of a pair of normally thin, flexible panels and solid disk heads, permanent cleats secured along the lower mner edge of the anels to support the lower head, cleats space slightly below the upper ed e of the panels to support cl i s permanently secured alon one inner e go of each panel, said panels adapted to be flexed into semi-cylin drical form with their edges overlapping, said oh s on one panel adapted to receive the plain e e of the other panel when assembled, the who e encircled by bands to retain said anels and heads in position, and a retaining hand nailed" to the inner side of said panels adjacent said upper head to prevent its displacement, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Elizabeth City, North Carolina this the upper head,

2nd day of September, A. D. nineteen hun dred and thirty-one.

WILLIAM BLADES FOREMAN. 

